PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FROM: THE REBEL SNODGRASS CAMPAIGN FOR IOWA HOUSE DISTRICT 26.
CONTACT: REBEL SNODGRASS 515-303-0143
DATE: SEPTEMBER 21, 2018
RE: IOWA ETHICS AND CAMPAIGN DISCLOSURE BOARD DISMISSES ALL CHARGES AGAINST THE REBEL SNODGRASS CAMPAIGN
At its meeting on September 20, 2018, the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board dismissed all charges against the Rebel Snodgrass campaign made in a complaint filed by Jennifer Chess on June 4, 2018.
As Rebel Snodgrass previously pointed out to the Indianola Record Herald, the charges were “100 percent pure fiction”. Rebel Snodgrass now states, “I express my gratitude for the Board’s impartial investigation. These lies not only smeared my campaign but also the Iowa Firearms Coalition and the NRA Political Victory Fund. My opposition has proven they will tell any lie to win, no matter who it hurts. Thousands of dollars of taxpayer money for the investigation, as well as the time and money of the innocent, was wasted by this reckless complaint. This is the worst kind of dirty politics.”
The complaint alleged a massive series of lies:
a. that Rebel Snodgrass had illegally “obtained NRA member and target voter lists, from the National Rifle Association of America Political Victory Fund”;
b. that Rebel Snodgrass illegally paid $10000 in seed money to form the Spirit of 76 Consulting LLC in exchange for voter data and consulting services from the Iowa Firearms Coalition;
c. that Rebel’s business, All American Exteriors, illegally paid its employees to do campaign work;
d. that Rebel’s campaign failed to report illegal in-kind contributions to the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board;
d. that campaign signs were illegally placed on real property and vehicles owned by All American Exteriors.
After the investigation started, the opposition continued to lie to the Board, making repeated false reports that Rebel Snodgrass campaign advertising was illegally paid for by All American Exteriors. These lies required further expenditure of taxpayer money to refute them.
Sincerely,
Warren County Republican Central Committee